Match Day Programme: Wales v Australia

 Fixture: Wales v Australia  

Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais 

Kickoff Time: 21:00 local time (GMT+2) 

Referee: Wayne Barnes 

Head-to-head Played: 

Played: 45 

Wales Wins: 13 

Australia: 31 

Draws: 1 

Rugby World Cup Head-to-Head  

Played: 0 

Wales Wins: 0 

Australia: 0 

Draws: 0 

Points for: 

Wales: 726 

Australia: 1071 

 
Biggest winning margin: 

Wales: 57 

Australia: 25 

Last Meeting: 26 November 2022 – Wales 34 – 39 Australia. Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 

World Cup Fixtures 

Wales 

1. Georgia

Australia 

1. Portugal

Referee: Wayne Barnes 

Debut as Referee: 2006 

Team News: 

Wales: Warren Gatland has reinstated his big-name players for the much-anticipated Rugby World Cup clash with Australia in Lyon on Sunday, making 12 changes. He has reverted to much of the starting side which got Wales' World Cup campaign off to a flying start against Fiji, before he made 12 changes for Portugal last weekend 

Australia: Head coach Eddie Jones has made three personnel changes in his starting XV from the team beaten by Fiji in their last outing, with Rob Leota coming into the back-row, Andrew Kellaway - who will make his Rugby World Cup debut - at full-back and Tate McDermott returning at scrum-half. After starting at fly-half in the Wallabies' past five tests, Carter Gordon drops to the bench for the first time since their Rugby Championship loss to Argentina in Sydney.